Jakub Sobczak
Software Engineer at Revolut
Greater Poland Voivodeship
Summary
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Top SchoolJakub Sobczak is a software engineer with eight years of experience building full-stack solutions across Python, embedded systems, and web UIs, currently working at Revolut after recent roles at Chess.com and Allegro. He holds an engineering degree in Mechatronics and is pursuing a master's in Automation and Robotics, blending hardware-aware thinking with scalable software design. An active open-source enthusiast and founder of the Google Developer Group Poznań, he contributes to projects like Allegro’s Hermes—improving its console UX with features such as an Ace JSON editor and enhanced debugging workflows. Jakub’s background spans high-performance message-broker tooling, backend testing and linting improvements, and front-end usability enhancements, showing a knack for both reliability and developer experience. Based in Greater Poland, he brings a practical engineering approach informed by embedded and supercomputing center experience, making him comfortable across low-level systems and user-facing interfaces.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Automatyka i Robotyka, Master's degree Automatyka i Robotyka at Poznan University of Technology
Github Skills (15)
json10
uid10
javascript10
front-end-development10
angularjs10
testing9
kafka8
messaging8
ui-design8
avro7
ux-design7
java5
mockito5
groovy5
javas5
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
allegro/hermes
Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
Fast and reliable message broker built on top of Kafka.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 14 commits, 6 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Jakub primarily focused on improving the Hermes console application, making enhancements to the user interface and adding new features. They implemented an Ace editor for JSON formatting and schema editing, improving the debugging capabilities of the console. Additionally, they addressed linting and testing issues and added the ability to skip messages in the subscription panel. These changes suggest a focus on both front-end and back-end aspects of the application.
kafkamessage-brokerhermespubsubmessaging
sobelek/hermes
Oct 2021 - Jun 2023
Fast and reliable message broker built on top of Kafka.
Contributions:15 pushes, 11 branches in 1 year 8 months
brokerzeromqmessage-queuemessage-brokerreliable
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